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Tom - cool, saw the same rare view of Greenland last time back from Switzerland. Hope it happens again in a couple weeks when I do it again. My ex-geologist instinct tells me its fjord topography in Greenland. It's a lot like Norway but on a truly grander big scale. Cheers!

Posted by Eric Lapp at October 23, 2005 6:41 PM

Thanks for taking us along on your travels. It makes me feel like I get to go along. Just thought I'd mention that you can take pictures through a plane window, if you were so inclined.

Posted by Marianne Powers at October 23, 2005 7:04 PM

A priceless moment of beauty is worth more than one working flight in the perspective and refreshment it yields.

What I like most about this blog, I think, is these moments of joy here and there in your travels; in this day and age, there's so much angst amonst business travellers. It's nice to hear a smart biz consultant who still manages to find nice...nay, great...nay, WOW! things to talk about when he travels.

Posted by Max Leibman at October 23, 2005 11:47 PM

Happy for sharing your experience Tom. Just wish it would last forever and that my kids could also see it when they grow up. You better enjoy the sight while the ice is still there. May not be such a pretty sight thirty years from now.

Tom, with the immense influence you have on the business community, with the writing about self destruction, about putting a Dent in the universe... why don't you add a strong focus on our common responsibility to repair our sick planet?

You say that companies that takes women seriously will benefit. You say that companies that take elders seriously will benefit.

I think that companies that not only take the environment seriously, but take the lead in making a dramatic change, in the way they work, produce, live and talk, will be greatly respected and admired.

Big brands like Shell, Coca Cola and Nestle soon talk as if they were our saviours - however their core business purpose is still to make us demand more of their traditional, harmful stuff. They should rather start self destructing their past and turn their whole focus on products which actually make positive impacts on our planet!

How they invest, how they communicate, how they promote are all results of the top managements attitude - they have the power to turn the public opinion and get things done. What if someone like you that has access to top management of potential global changers - took them flying over Greenland and made them see the light - and the power of leading a global change?

Posted by Arild Klokkerhaug at October 23, 2005 11:57 PM

Had that same feeling only once in my life when flying over the Alps - breathtaking!

Posted by Trevor Gay at October 24, 2005 2:09 AM

Nothing more important that "Sharpening the Saw". I spent Saturday afternoon riding 4-Wheelers in Northern Michigan. The colors were breathtaking!

Posted by Dave Holland at October 24, 2005 9:52 AM

Eric, yes, you got it. I love Norway, too, but it's the Vast Scale of what one sees when glued to the airplane's porthole for an hour that's so staggering.

Ah, Dave, you wild CIOs on 4-wheelers! There's hope!

Posted by tom peters at October 25, 2005 6:28 AM

Northern Michigan is truly God's country. This time of year one can really see the divine hand at work in the pallette of the woods. Of course, I can remember when you could throw a Petoskey stone without hitting a casino in da U. P.

Posted by Mike at October 25, 2005 7:57 AM